Therapeutic Communication
Practise the conversations that build trust: opening an encounter, listening actively, responding with empathy and handling difficult news.
Build Your First SimulationCompetencies addressed
- Establishing rapport and introducing self and role
- Active listening and open questions
- Empathic responses to distress
- Breaking bad news and handling strong emotion
- Checking understanding (teach-back)
Learner level
Pre-licensure, from first clinical courses onward
Modality
Voice conversation with an AI patient (SimVoice), with an optional patient photo (SimPortrait) or a live, expressive avatar (Interactive).
Estimated practice time
About 10–15 minutes per encounter, plus reflection
Assessment approach
Faculty-defined rubric covering communication criteria, with criterion-level feedback quoting the transcript
Scenarios
Built and adapted by your faculty. A ready-made starter library for this collection is in development.
Example scenario ideas
Ideas faculty can build and adapt to local practice.
- An anxious patient on the evening before surgery
- A relative upset about a delay in care
- A patient who is reluctant to talk about symptoms
Every scenario includes
Use AI for repeatable practice; preserve faculty judgment for consequential assessment.